Alan Gold's Discotheque is a LGBTQ+ bar in Mccallie, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Thursday to Saturday only, 20:00 to 02:45; drag showtimes post on the club's events page, and the floor peaks after midnight.
Address: 1100 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37404
JMac's Vino & Vinyl is Chattanooga's wine-and-records listening room on Georgia Avenue, sommelier John McCune pairing pours with whatever spins next.
Tip: Live music Saturdays and open-mic nights midweek; closed Sunday and Monday, and seats are few, so arrive at 17:00 open.
Pickle Barrel is the Chattanooga dive of record, a flatiron wedge on Market Street pouring until 03:00 nightly with a roof deck over the downtown grid.
Tip: Strictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.
The Bitter Alibi keeps three floors of house-party dive comfort going until midnight on Houston Street, Chattanooga's after-work clubhouse of choice.
Tip: The third floor hosts the Dilemma cocktail bar, Thursday to Sunday from 18:00; the porch is the best seat in the house.
Westbound Honky-Tonk turns Station Street into Chattanooga's country dance hall on weekend nights, with line dancing lessons before the bands plug in.
Tip: Free line-dancing lessons Thursday at 20:00; Friday and Saturday it runs to 03:00, among the latest closes in the city.
JJ's Bohemia packs touring indie, punk and hip-hop acts into a 150-capacity room on MLK Boulevard, Chattanooga's scrappiest and most essential venue.
Tip: Check the calendar first; most nights are ticketed shows with doors around 20:00 and the room sells out for touring acts.
Songbirds stages rock, Americana and bluegrass on W Main Street in Chattanooga, the venue that helped turn Station Street into a music corridor.
Tip: Most shows are ticketed with doors around 19:00; the calendar at venue.songbirds.org runs 20-plus shows a season.
